Headscratchers / Mary Poppins Returns

• So, how exactly does Cousin Topsy's "turning turtle" work? She said it's been happening to her ever since she was born, implying that any building she's currently in at the moment flips upside down on second Wednesdays, not just her shop. What would happen if she was outside when this happened? And what if she simply left that building and entered a new one? Would that building suddenly flip as well the minute she entered?
  • She doesn't appear to ever go outside so perhaps she genuinely doesn't know. And from what we see in the film, it's more in character for her to just complain about the situation rather than experimenting or testing how it works.
• Why did Michael make a drawing of his family on the back of the stock certificate? If he did it as a child it would be understandable but he was an adult male and would have had to remove the certificate from somewhere secure.
  • He did call it “one of his old drawings” when he realized Georgie had used it to patch the kite, so it’s safe to assume he did it when he was younger. He could’ve not realized what the share certificate was at the time, or reasoned that his drawing wouldn’t risk being thrown away if he used it, and then forgotten he’d done so years later.
  • Plus, the driving force behind most of the movie is that Michael isn’t suited for handling finances, since he had his wife taking care of that before she died. It’s no different than someone who can’t cook suddenly having to prepare all of their family’s meals; they’re bound to have more than a few slip-ups when that happens.
• What does Mary Poppins do to the wolf and his associates after discovering his deception and attempts to harm the kids?
  • If the animated world has some sort of prison, they most likely would have been thrown in there.

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